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Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for kidney transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

In 2017, Carl Jackson was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and congestive heart failure. “I didn’t get on the list,” said Jackson. “The transplant list right away. I was on dialysis for six years.” Jackson was considered high risk for receiving a kidney because of his heart condition. After a series of tests and an ICD, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, he…

In recognition of Donate Life Month, Loyola University Medical Center will host its 32nd annual candle lighting ceremony in honor of organ and tissue donors, their families and countless health care team members. 

April is Donate Life Month, and Piedmont Macon Medical Center is hosting a Donate Life flag-raising ceremony to promote organ donations in the midstate.

In 1999, Legacy opened its Transplant Services, giving patients with kidney failure hope for a brighter future. This year, our 2,000th transplant patient received the gift of a new kidney.

Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Unfortunately, many may never get the call saying that a suitable donor organ — and a second chance at life — has been found.

Piedmont Augusta held a Donate Life flag-raising ceremony Wednesday, April 3, at 1:08 p.m., on the front lawn of the main hospital.

There are more than 90,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney transplant in the U.S. Unfortunately, the demand for kidneys exceeds the supply. However, so-called living donor chains are giving hope to those in need of vital organs.

April is Donate Life Month and Piedmont Columbus Regional will host a free, educational event that is open to the public at its Midtown Campus Conference Center to promote organ donation and bring awareness to the gap in organ donors among minority populations.

In February 2022, I donated my left kidney to a stranger through the NKR at the Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas. After listening to a podcast about organ shortage, life on dialysis, and kidney paired donation, I started looking into living donation in 2021.